Gradual Psalms for Occasional Services

From Gradual Psalms by Bruce Ford, for use with the Book of Occasional Services

The Church Year

Our Lady of Guadalupe
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
Psalm 131
or Psalm 116
Service for New Year's Eve The Hebrew Year (Psalm 111 or Psalm 119:1-8)
The Promised Land (Psalm 36:5-10 or Psalm 89:5-6, 11-18)
A Season for All Things (Psalm 90:1-6, 10-12)
Remember Your Creator (Psalm 130)
Marking the Times, and Winter (Psalm 19:1-6 or Psalm 148 or Psalm 74:11-16)
The Acceptable Time (Psalm 63:1-8 or Canticle 5 or Canticle 17)
While it is Called Today (Psalm 95:6-11)
New Heavens and New Earth (Canticle 19)
Vigil for the Eve of the Baptism of Our Lord
*Not in the 2022 Book of Occasional Services
The Story of the Flood (Psalm 25:3-9 or Psalm 46)
The Lord who Makes a Way in the Sea (Psalm 114)
The Washing and Anointing of Aaron (Psalm 23 or Psalm 133)
The Anointing of David (Psalm 2:1-8)
The Cleansing of Naaman in the Jordan (Psalm 51:8-13)
Salvation Offered Freely to All (Canticle 9)
A new Heart and a new Spirit (Psalm 42:1-7)
The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me or Behold my Servant (Psalm 89:20-22, 24-29)
Candlemas Procession Psalm 48:1-2, 10:13
Rogation Procession Canticle 12
or Canticle 1
Psalm 103
Psalm 104
St. Francis Day / Blessing of Animals
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
Psalm 104:10-25
or Psalm 104:25-31
or Canticle 12
Vigil for the Eve of All Saints' Day
*Not in the 2022 Book of Occasional Services
The Call of Abraham (Psalm 113)
Daniel Delivered from the Lions' Den (Canticle 13)
The Testament and Death of Mattathias (Psalm 1)
The Martyrdom of the Seven Brothers (Psalm 111)
The Eulogy of the Ancestors (Psalm 116:4, 8, 10-11, 13-17)
Surrounded by a Great Cloud of Witnesses (Psalm 149)
Alleluias
Service for All Hallows' Eve The Witch of Endor (Psalm 130)
The Vision of Eliphaz the Temanite (Psalm 13 or Psalm 108)
The Valley of the Dry Bones (Psalm 143:1-2, 4-8, 10, 11a)
The War in Heaven (Psalm 103:17-22)

Pastoral Services

Service of Renaming
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
Psalm 8 (How majestic is God's name)
or Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd)
or Psalm 40 ("[God] put a new song in my mouth")
or Psalm 96 ("Sing to the Lord a new song")
A Vigil on the Eve of Baptism
*Not in the 2022 Book of Occasional Services
The Story of the Flood (Psalm 25:3-9 or Psalm 46)
The Story of the Covenant (Canticle 13 or Canticle 2)
Salvation Offered Freely to All (Canticle 9)
A New Heart and a New Spirit (Psalm 42:1-7)
A New Heart and a New Spirit (Psalm 30:1-6, 12-13)
Celebration for a Home Psalm 112:2-7, 9
Presentation of a Child (Presentación de un[a] Niño o Niña)
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
Psalm 130:1-3
Quinceañera (The Celebration of Fifteen Years)
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
Psalm 9:1-11
Public Service of Healing Psalm 13
Psalm 20:1-6, 9b
Psalm 23
Psalm 27:1-7, 9, 18
Psalm 91:1-6, 9-11
Psalm 103
Psalm 121
Psalm 130
Psalm 139:1-17
Psalm 145:14-20, 22
Psalm 146:4-9
Burial of One Who Does Not Profess the Christian Faith Psalm 23; or Psalm 90; or Psalm 121; or Psalm 130
The Founding of a Church
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
Psalm 132:1-9(10-19)
Psalm 48:1-3, 7-13
The Opening of a New Congregation
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
Psalm 67
or Psalm 98
Restoring of Things Profaned
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
Psalm 118
Liturgical Materials Honoring God in Creation
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
God, the source and destiny of the cosmos Psalm 136:1-9, 25-26
God of order and dynamic change Psalm 102:25-28
The justice of God and the dignity of all creatures Psalm 145:8-10, 16-18
The kinship and unity of all creation in Christ Psalm 36:5-10
Reading God's goodness in the diversity of life Psalm 104:25-32
Called to be God's partners in the care of the planet Psalm 33:3-9, 13-15

Episcopal Services

Consecration of Chrism apart from Baptism Psalm 23
Reaffirmation of Ordination Vows
*Pointed by Episcopal Chant in the style of Bruce Ford
Psalm 89:19-30
Ending a Pastoral Relationship Psalm 119:89a, 90-94, 96; or Canticle 5; or Canticle 17; or Psalm 43:3-6; or Psalm 78:1-8; or Psalm 133
Setting Apart for a Religious Vocation Psalm 23
Psalm 24:1-6
Psalm 27:5-11
Psalm 33:1-4, 13-14, 20-21
Psalm 34:1-8
Psalm 40
Psalm 63:1-6
Psalm 100